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Henry Talle

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 12, 1892 near Albert Lea, MN
Died: March 14, 1969 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Luther College, 1917

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1917-1919

Career:

  • School teacher, 1919-1921
  • Economics professor at Luther College, 1921-1938
  • Treasurer of Luther College, 1932-1938
  • Administrator in Housing & Home Finance Agency, 1959-1961


Election Results for Henry Talle


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 44 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 11,804 48.8%
1936 44 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 2 51,805 46.5%
1938 46 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 25,341 100.0%
1938 46 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 48,640 51.9%
1940 48 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 30,414 100.0%
1940 48 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 66,691 56.4%
1942 50 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,041 100.0%
1942 50 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 62,290 57.4%
1944 52 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,611 65.6%
1944 52 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,903 55.9%
1946 54 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,995 100.0%
1946 54 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 60,111 59.1%
1948 56 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,282 70.3%
1948 56 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 82,139 53.6%
1950 58 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,463 100.0%
1950 58 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,066 58.8%
1952 60 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,470 100.0%
1952 60 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 114,553 62.2%
1954 62 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,764 100.0%
1954 62 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 72,231 55.4%
1956 64 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,698 79.5%
1956 64 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 95,999 51.4%
1958 66 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,283 100.0%
1958 66 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 2 64,073 48.9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Henry Talle


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1939 47 House 87 13 D 97
1940 48 House 89 10 D 99
1941 49 House 96 4 D 98
1942 50 House 75 25 D 97
1943 51 House 81 17 D 98
1944 52 House 97 3 D 98
1945 53 House 86 10 D 98
1946 54 House 93 7 D 100
1947 55 House 84 16 D 98 17
1948 56 House 92 8 D 95 15
1949 57 House 88 11 D 98 0
1950 58 House 74 15 D 83 8
1951 59 House 87 12 D 94 17
1952 60 House 86 7 D 94 0
1953 61 House 89 11 R 76 100 18
1954 62 House 80 20 R 76 24 99 11
1955 63 House 71 16 R 51 32 91 22
1956 64 House 72 28 R 74 26 100 14
1957 65 House 75 25 R 55 45 100 11
1958 66 House 65 11 R 52 30 75 11


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.